Metro Washington Council afl-cio

​A minimum wage increase in Montgomery County is now in the hands of County Executive Ike Leggett. The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday morning voted to increase the county’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, but Leggett has signaled that he may veto the bill. Advocates – who say the increase is crucial to the county’s working families, who live in one of the most expensive metropolitan areas in the country -- are asking supporters to flood Leggett with calls, emails and tweets urging him to sign the bill; call 240-777-6507, email [email protected] or Tweet @CoUnTy_ExEc. Supporters are holding a press conference this morning at 10am (see Calendar) and have also scheduled a Moral Monday Prayer Breakfast and Press Conference in Rockville. “Signing into law a $15 minimum wage will cap Ike’s legacy of putting working families in Montgomery County first and will reassure county residents that the extremism of the incoming Trump administration does not belong in our County,” said Gustavo Torres, Executive Director of CASA. photo: minimum wage supporters after Tuesday's vote; photo by Megan Fitzgerald/Union City